Artsakh is the frontline of our war and, naturally, it can see more fears and problems than any of us. Arayik Harutyunyan, the Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister of Armenia, told this to reporters in the National Assembly Thursday—and referring to the fact that the Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) authorities state that Armenia’s authorities should give up their "catastrophic position" on the Artsakh issue.
"But the Artsakh authorities are informed of all the processes that there are. I cannot say more than that. I can simply tell our colleagues in Artsakh to study the reality a little more, and they will see that there is no need for such steps, statements," he said.
Harutyunyan claimed that the issue of enclaves is not being discussed.
"Yes. Various parties put forward those agendas, but it was said that there are no such justifications. If one side comes and says, ‘these are my maximum demands, and I cannot discuss anything else,’ everything closes there. But if you with arguments, gradually … of course, you have red lines for yourself, minimum and maximum thresholds, and you are going to the negotiations according to that logic," said the Armenian PM's chief of staff.